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Fluoride fight starts in earnest
OGDEN — With elections coming down the pipe, people on both sides of the fluoride debate are wading into the fray. In November, voters will decide whether the element will remain in the water supply. In preparation for that day, Utahns for Better Dental Health-Davis are distributing numbers gathered by the Davis Health Department about […]
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Fluoride costs brush officials wrong way
FARMINGTON — After years of back-and-forth finger pointing, a study by health officials reveals the actual cost of adding fluoride to the county’s drinking water is more than twice than what was projected. The cost to implement fluoridation into public water systems and wells is $4.39 per person, based on figures provided by Davis cities, […]
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Fluoridation-promotion bill passes
Local health department officials can’t use taxpayer dollars to promote fluoridation and other ballot issues under a bill passed by the House this past week. SB85 now goes to Gov. Olene Walker’s desk for consideration. Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, read from a Davis County Health Department brochure produced at taxpayer expense that quoted the anticipated […]
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Fluoride discussed in secrete-mails
Salt Lake Valley Health Board members discussed water fluoridation last month in an e-mail exchange. And despite officials’ saying it is an important public health issue, don’t ask to see what they talked about. They won’t show you. In a possible breach of state open-meetings law, Health Department Executive Director Patti Pavey fired off an […]
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Water companies sue to stop fluoride
Two small water companies are suing to keep fluoride out of their supplies and are raising legal questions about whether it should flow to any of Salt Lake County. Holliday Water Co. and White City Water Improvement District have filed suit in 3rd District Court against Salt Lake County, the Salt Lake Valley Health Department […]
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Revote on fluoridation sought
The Salt Lake County Council will consider placing the water fluoridation issue on next year’s ballot after three Salt Lake County cities sent letters asking that the controversial issue be revisited. West Jordan, Sandy and Riverton requested a second vote on the matter. Salt Lake County residents approved the fluoridation measure in 2000 by a […]
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S.L. County ruling could delay fluoride
About 24,000 Salt Lake Valley residents will not get fluoride in their water for at least a year. Or will they? The Salt Lake County Council ruled Tuesday that the Holliday Water Co. and the White City Improvement District could delay adding fluoride until Dec. 31, 2004. But the Salt Lake Valley Health Department says […]
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County will vote on fluoridation — once again
FARMINGTON — Those who think fluoride is a done deal should think again. On Thursday, Davis County commissioners approved a resolution which places the fluoride issue back on the 2004 ballot. Davis County voters approved placing fluoride in the water in the 2000 election, but the issue hasn’t been out of the limelight since, as […]
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Davis will vote again on fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Fluoridated drinking water has floated back onto the ballot in Davis County. The same trio of county commissioners who allowed Davis County residents to vote for fluoride in public water systems in 2000, voted unanimously Tuesday to hold another vote on the matter in 2004. “The job before the commission today is not […]
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Fluoridation may be back on ballot in Davis County
Another round of fluoride debates may be on tap in Davis County. Today, the Davis County Commission is expected to pass a resolution to put a fluoride question on the 2004 ballot. If approved, residents will vote on the issue four years after they originally agreed to allow the cavity-fighting mineral in their drinking water […]
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